Festival Programme MACHYNLLETH
AY 23 APRIL FRID TO
COMEDY FESTIVAL
SUND
AY 25 APRIL
Pappy’s World Record Attempt: 200 Sketches in an Hour
Hello
Fresh from Channel 4 and a critically acclaimed, sell out run at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival, “the funniest sketch troupe on the Fringe” (The Scotsman) return to take Machynlleth, and the record books, by storm.
A warm welcome to the inaugural Machynlleth Comedy Festival. We’ve packed our favourite comedians and sketch groups into the charming Welsh market town of Machynlleth for a weekend of jokes, stories and general good times. Each act has been hand-picked by the team, and we’re confident that you’ll love every single one of them. One of the aims of the festival was to showcase the best emerging talent along with more established acts, and we’d encourage you to pick a couple of shows at random. There’s nothing better than stumbling across a gem, and this festival is packed with them.
In 2007 they were nominated for the If.comedy award. In 2008 they won Chortle Best Sketch Act, performed in Australia and had their own shows on Channel 4 and Radio4. Time: 7.00pm, Price: £6
200 sketches. 60 minutes. 1 World Record. Heroic attempt, or spectacular folly? “Best in their genre... 5 Stars” Mirror
The festival wouldn’t have been possible without the support of the Glasu and Powys Regeneration Partnership, and the phenomenally hard working volunteer team that have helped to orchestrate and run every aspect of the festival. If you see them working over the weekend be sure to doff your cap, as they’ve all given their time to help to create this wonderful new festival.
“Whether they succeed or not, they’re hilarious.”Guardian
We’d also like to acknowledge the Waen Brewery’s support, and Richard Dwyer (our fantastic graphic designer) who has worked tirelessly on making the festival look amazing.
Penny Dreadfuls
Be sure to make the most of your trip to Machynlleth. It’s a fascinating town with bags of history to delve into, and a plethora of charming independent shops selling everything you could possibly desire. We couldn’t think of a better place to enjoy comedy!
The troupe who brought you the critically-acclaimed Aeneas Faversham trilogy, The Never Man & Radio 4’s Brothers’ Faversham series and Guy Fawkes, present their much anticipated return to sketch comedy with a brand new show for 2010.
We hope you enjoy your weekend.
Originally starting out in sketch, the Penny Dreadfuls are also famed for their comedy thrillers and playlets which have garnered huge critical acclaim and play to sell-out audiences across the UK. As seen on BBC2 and BBC3.
Shwmae Croeso cynnes iawn i Wyl Gomedi Machynlleth. Yr ydym wedi llenwi Mach gyda ein hoff gomediwyr a grwpiau sgets am benwythnos o jocs, storiau ac amseroedd da. Mae pob perfformiwr wedi ei ddewis yn arbennig gan y tim, ac yr ydym yn ffyddiog y gwnewch fwynhau pob un ohonynt. Un bwriad o’r wyl oedd i arddangos talent newydd law yn llaw a’r perfformwyr mwy sefydledig. Annogwn chi i ddewis rhai sioeau ar hap, mae’r wyl yn llawn o emau i chwi ddarganfod. Ni fyddai’r wyl yn bosibl heb gefnogaeth Glasu, Partneriaeth Dadeni Powys a’r tim o wirfoddolwyr eithriadol o weithgar sydd wedi trefnu bob agwedd o’r Wyl. Cofiwch ddangos eich gwerthfawrogiad os y gwelwch o gwmpas yn ystod y penwythnos, maent i gyd wedi rhoi eu hamser i helpu greu’r Wyl rhyfeddol hon.
Time: 8.20pm, Price: £6
“Brilliant silliness. A complete and utter triumph” **** - Metro “Pythonic, Blackaddery excellence” ***** - The List “Unrivalled imagination, impeccable comic timing. A comedy masterpiece” ***** - Three Weeks
Office Tickets available from the Box tre located at Owain Glyndwr Cen
Robin Ince
Hoffwn gydnabod cefnogaeth Bragdy’r Waen ag hefyd Richard Dwyer (ein cynllunydd darluniadol) sydd wedi bod yn weithgar iawn yn gwneud yr Wyl edrych mor wych.
Robin Ince is a Troubled Youth in Middle Age Robin Ince claws at the air as he rages against pseudoscience, newspaper columnists and his own stupidity then celebrates Texan philosophy teachers, Carl Sagan and how his child is better than everyone else’s.
Gwnewch y mwyaf o’ch ymweliad a Mach. Mae’n dref hudol, llawn hanes diddorol gyda bob math o siopau annibynnol yn gwerthu popeth dan haul. Lle gwell i fwynhau comedi? Gobeithio y cewch penwythnos wrth eich bodd.
“the most intellectually audacious comedian in the country” Evening Standard “snortingly funny” Daily Telegraph Time: 9.40pm, Price: £7/£6
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Friday Y Plas
Pappy’s
Time: 9.00pm, Price: £5
Time: 7.30pm, Price: £5
Nick Helm
Jaffa Cakes, romance and the howling abyss of man’s wretched soul. Comedian Nick Helm explains away his misfortunes in this hour of comedy, poetry, music and despair. “Explores relationships with deadpan humour and fierce intelligence” **** - The Scotsman
“Under the intelligent design of Robin Ince, School For Gifted Children evolved from the now-defunct Book Club as a celebration of knowledge in all its forms in this dumbed-down world” Chortle
Mike’s life is rubbish. But it could be worse. Apparently. So he tries really hard. He tries being patient. He tries being non-judgemental. He even tries suffering fools gladly. But it’s pointless. The BBZs. Pro-claimers. Television. Adrian. Married life. People. Things. Adrian. The skip. Day trips. Board games. Adrian. It’s all too much. Watch Mike. You’ll crack up. He has.
“His songs are hilarious.” **** Edinburgh Guide
In the last twelve months Mike has supported Rhod Gilbert on his sold-out national tour, written and performed his debut show at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
“Sheer silliness.” **** Broadway Baby
‘Compelling and genuinely funny’ Three Weeks
“A very good singer…” Richard Herring
A regular sell out success in London where comedians celebrate the things they love in a rare moment of positivity and break from their normal narcissism. Curated and hosted by Robin Ince.
Time: 3.30pm, Price: £7/£6
Mike Bubbins
Bad Things Happen in Trees
Robin Ince’s School for Gifted Children
Tony Law
Mr Tony’s Brainporium Tony Law will be airing his new show ‘Mr Tony’s Brainporium’ here in Machynlleth. Its about nothing yet everything. Imagine a person, in the style of stand up, talking nonsense and yet sense. If you like your comedy irreverent, silly, surrealish, sciencey with a bit of history with out it making much sense until you get home., and then maybe the next day only? then come. Think jamming jazz treat without the music. Time: 6.30pm, Price: £6
‘Hilariously gifted, truly funny’ Rhod Gilbert
His laid back ‘acid-casualty’ approach, combined with scorching jokes and incisive remarks, have endeared him to both live and TV audiences here and abroad. He’s a regular face at the UK’s biggest comedy clubs such as The Comedy Store and Jongleurs, and a favourite face at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. “hugely entertaining”” TimeOut
Benjamin Partridge, Clint Edwards & Gareth Brand The Comedy Triumvirate This show is like the Tesco Value chicken of the Mach comedy festival. Cheaper than the rest of the shows and made to live in a tiny pen where they are force fed grain and pumped full of hormones, Ben, Clint and Gareth taste the same as more expensive comedians and will make a passable stir fry. Benjamin and Clint have both supported Rhod Gilbert on his tour and Gareth has watched every episode of the Sopranos.
Jon Richardson
Time: 8.20pm, Price: £4
Friday Owain Glyndwr Centre Room 2
Time: 7.00pm, Price: £3
“to see Tony Law is to inhale deep breaths of comedy oxygen” The Herald
This Guy at Night
Fresh from a 2009 Edinburgh Comedy Awards best show nomination and a critically acclaimed sell-out run at this year’s Fringe, Jon Richardson continues his first UK solo tour at the Machynlleth Comedy Festival.
Joe Lycett and Andrew Ryan Rising stars Joe Lycett (Chortle Student Comedian of the Year 2009, Chortle Best Newcomer of the Year 2010) and Irishman Andrew Ryan (Hilarity Bites New Act of the Year 2009) come to Machynlleth with their 30 minute shows fresh from a string of rave reviews, awards and a long drive from Manchester.
Time: 8.00pm, Price: £10/£8
2009 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated show “Richardson has achieved perfection with this show ... he is just so good he actually bends time”, 5 stars Chortle
Praise for Joe Lycett
“Stunning. . . If you haven’t seen him yet get your finger out and sort it” - Time Out
“One of the strongest emerging comedy talents we’ve seen in a long time” TimeOut
Festival Showcase
“Huge likeability....impossible not to warm to” Chortle
Praise for Andrew Ryan “Funnier than Ardal O’Hanlon” City Life “An accomplished storyteller” Chortle
Having spent the last two years defending the option to face the world alone, This Guy At Night sees Jon exploring the notion that the human race may be weaker and less able (individually and globally) to deal with problems than it has at any point in its history. His recent TV and radio appearances include: Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow (BBC ONE), The Comedy Store (Paramount), Comedy Shuffle (BBC3) and Out To Lunch (BBC Radio 2).
Time: 10.00pm, Price: £5
See out the end of the day by catching up with the best of the fest. Loads of festival comics doing short sets for your viewing pleasure.
Saturday Y Plas
Friday Owain Glyndwr Centre Room 1
Robin Ince
2008 Chortle Innovation Award nominees John-Luke Roberts and Nadia Kamil bring their sketch mastery to the Machynlleth Comedy Festival.
Sioe gomedi arbennig “stand up” cymraeg ble fydd yr MC Daniel Glyn yn cyflwyno yr hyfryd Beth Angell, yr hoffus Glyn Wise a’r hen Tudur Owen. Awr o gomedi gan rhai o berfformwyr gore Cymru.
“Masterful...clever...stunning” , The Herald
“Comic genius”, Broadway Baby ‘The most exciting and imaginative comedians around, full stop” Guardian
Time: 8.50pm, Price: £5 Musical comic Isy examines the hope and fragility of love in this ride through and excerpts from her diary, interspersed with bursts of mini musicals and songs about everything from a Medieval prince finding a lovelorn maiden in a garden to the time she made a 5 foot papier mache penguin for a somewhat unappreciative boyfriend. Basically, it’s about love. And it’s got loads of music in it. And it’s funny. Isy is best known for playing IT geek Dobby in the latest series of Peep Show.
Here are some of the nice things that have been said by journalists. I hope to see you there.
Time: 2.00pm, Price: £4
David Trent & Henry Widdicombe
Spontaneous Comedian/Reluctant Comedian David Trent and Henry Widdicombe split an hour straight down the middle. Halfsies. 30 mins each. When one of them’s speaking the other won’t be. That’s less a theme, more a rule that they’ve decided on.
Praise for David Trent “Bloody Brilliant,” London is Funny “Widdicombe’s irreverent style was excellent” Western Mail
“A great storyteller” Leicester Mercury
Praise for Henry Widdicombe
“Extraordinary tales” The Scotsman
“A wonderful eye for detail and a subtlety of creative expression that is joyous” - Rhod Gilbert
Nat Luurtsema
In my Head I’m a Hero Nat Luutsema isn’t good at life but is confident she would bloom in a crisis, like a fatalistic weed. “A distinctive comedy voice…strikingly original…a talent for dry, off-the-wall wit...Nat Luurtsema is definitely an original thinker. Her inventive, witty routines demonstrate a wonderfully warped logic, taken to the limits of imagination.” Steve Bennet, Chortle
shows can Advance tickets to all Deco, Fabrics be purchased from n Jenkins as Ltd, Y Plas and Kelvi well as on-line
Friday Owain Glyndwr Centre Room 2
Hello. My name’s Matt. I’m a comedian and I really enjoy telling stories. As you can see from this recent photograph, I also like to interact and sometimes I’ve done an entire show sat in the audience. I’ve performed comedy at Broadmoor (yes, the Prison/hospital) in front of a cannibal, I gave up boxing to avoid being punched in the face and if you want to know the story behind the photo, then why not come and see my show? It’s called “Yarns”.
Yarns
Time: 3.20pm, Price: £4
“Gloriously upbeat… a wonderfully whimsical musical comedian, an absurdist Victoria Wood.” The Evening Standard
Top 50 Edinburgh picks 2009. Star of comedy shorts on Dave, ‘Tom Craine show’ (BBC Bristol), Songs Of Praise (head soloist, aged 9). With own sitcom and sketch shows commissioned for TV and BBC Radio2. Star of Superclump (sell out Edinburgh ’09).
“Wry, intelligent humour, effortlessly funny” Three Weeks
The Secret Diary of Isy Suttie
“One of the most versatile comics in the UK.” The Scotsman
Matt Price
“Wonderful”Time Out
Isy Suttie
“Oeddwn i’n piso chwerthin” – Owain Glyndwr
“Chemistry to die for”, The List
Tom Craine
Choirboy To Addict & Back Again
Time: 7.30pm, Price: £5
Sioe Gomedi Cymraeg
Time: 4.40pm, Price: £4
They said it couldn’t be done! They may be right, but welsh stand up comics Daniel Glyn and Tudur Owen are going to have a go anyway. Wether you’re Welsh, English or somwhere in between, this is the show for you. An hour of comedy in both languages with no subtitles or translators just lots of laughter or “chwerthin”.
Behemoth
Time: 6.00pm, Price: £4
Uchelgeisiol? Ella wir, ond mae’r digrifwyr Daniel Glyn a Tudur am fentro i greu sioe gomedi ddwy ieithog am y tro cyntaf erioed. Cymraeg, Saesneg neu rhywle yn y canol, hon yw’r sioe i chi. Awr o gomedi heb ddefnyddio is deitlau na chyfieithydd – dim ond digon o chwerthin (neu laffs wrthgwrs)
Time: 3.20pm, Price: £5
Time: 2.00pm, Price: £4
The Bi-Lingual Stand up show
Friday Owain Glyndwr Centre Room 1
Saturday Owain Glyndwr Centre Room 1
Tudur Owen
Friday 23 April
Dydd Gwener 23 Ebrill
Saturday 24 April Dydd Sadwrn 24 Ebrill Sunday 25 April Dydd Sul 25 Ebrill
Nick Helm Bad things happen in Trees
7.00 £6
8.20 £6 9.40 £7/6
3.30 £7/6
6.30 £6
8.00 £10/8
10.00 £5
6.00 £6
7.30 £6/£5
9.00 £6/£5
Pappy’s World Record Attempt: 200 Sketches in an Hour Penny Dreadfuls Robin Ince Robin Ince is a Troubled Youth in Middle Age
Robin Ince Robin Ince’s School for Gifted Children Tony Law Mr Tony’s Brainporium Jon Richardson This Guy at Night Festival Showcase
Paul Foot Mr Paul Foot’s Comedy for Connoisseurs Wil Hodgson A Facefull of Doner Tudur Owen Mwnci, Fi a Chwaer y Cwin - hanes
8.50 £5
Isy Suttie The Secret Diary of Isy Suttie
6.10 £5
7.30 £5
8.50 £5
John Robins Nomadic Revery Mark Olver Ramble On Festival Roundup
Story Teller’s Club
Helen Arney Helen Arney’s Songs For Modern Loving
John-Luke Roberts John-Luke Roberts Distracts You From A Murder
Acaster, Helm & Widdicombe
Stuart Goldsmith The Reasonable Man
Chris Boyd Soulmate
Gerry Howell The Fantastic Reality Of Frederick Goodge
Nick Helm Keep Hold of the Gold
Sarah Bennetto The King and I
James Acaster
Nat Luurtsema In my Head I’m a Hero
David Trent & Henry Widdicombe Spontaneous Comedian/ Reluctant Comedian
Joe Lycett & Andrew Ryan
Benjamin Partridge, Clint Edwards & Gareth Brand
Owain Glyndwr Centre Room 2
Buy Tickets from the Box Office located at the Owain Glyndwr Centre or advance tickets from www.machcomedyfest.co.uk
4.50 £5
3.20 £5
Gareth Richards Stand Up Between Songs
Comedy for Kids
2.00 £4
7.30 £5
Sioe Gomedi Cymraeg
Wil Hodgson Edinburgh Preview
6.00 £4
£4
3.20 £5
2.00 £4
9.0 £5
7.30 £5
Matt Price Yarns
Tom Craine Choirboy To Addict & Back Again
Behemoth
Tudur Owen Bilingual show
Mike Bubbins
Owain Glyndwr Centre Room 1
Y Plas
8.50 £5
7.30 £4
6.10 £4
4.50 £4
3.30 £4
2.00 £4
9.00 £4
7.20 £4
6.00 £4
4.40 £4
3.20 £4
2.00 £4
8.20 £4
7.00 £3
Time: 6.00pm, Price: £4
Time: 4.40pm, Price: £4
James Acaster Come along and enjoy the stories of a sentimental boy from Kettering who gets things wrong more often than you do. “elevating the most everyday occurrence into a grand anecdote and celebrating petty triumphs as magnificent victories” - Chortle “I could watch him forever” - Josie Long
An hour of strange and wonderful and jolly laughter at the silliest and most important and also unimportant issues of the day, such as seeing vans, the Open University, the Loneliness within our minds, moist cake, bed and breakfast landladies and shire horsies. Also including improvised comedy that cannot be predicted at the time of writing, apart from predicting that it is almost certain to occur and that it will be exciting. From Mr Paul Foot, Life President, the Guild of Paul Foot Connoisseurs Time: 6.00pm, Price: £6/£5
Sarah Bennetto
Comedian James Acaster reminisces about the best day of his life and the not-so-best days that followed.
Mr Paul Foot’s Comedy for Connoisseurs
The King and I
“Choice silliness which no other comic could deliver anywhere near as effectively.” Time Out Magazine
Once upon a time Sarah accidentally hung out with Prince Charles at the palace. Yes, the one in London. The ACTUAL palace. This is the true story of a modern-day Cinderella (read: a ‘povvo in the palace’).
Wil Hodgson
That auspicious day Sarah met celebrities and royals. She was late, dressed in polyester and was the only guest to arrive by public transport.
A Facefull of Doner - A Punk Folk Story Acclaimed comedy monologue from last year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
“Bounding about the stage with a joyful enthusiasm... heaps of fun” - Latest 7
Perrier Award winner Wil Hodgson (as seen on Russell Howard’s Good News and supporting Mark Thomas on tour) presents his acclaimed comedy monologue from last year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Time: 9.00pm, Price: £4
Time: 7.30pm, Price: £4
Time: 7.30pm, Price: £6/£5
Nick Helm
Gerry Howell
Great Britain’s Nick Helm is back on his feet and using them to kick your ass. Brace yourself for not just an early preview of his new work in progress ‘Keep Hold of the Gold’, but very possiby the greatest event that has ever occured in the history of mankind.
BBC College of Comedy writer Gerry Howell presents a preview of his brand new show based on the life story of a man who only exists in Gerry’s head.
Yes, there will be jokes. Okay, there’s going to be a little poetry. Fine, there’ll even be some singing and dancing. But there’s also going to be a lot of feelings. Red raw emotions hewn from the cliff faces of broken dreams and crushed hope.
“Surreal rambling brilliance … A one man Mighty Boosh” Time Out
Keep Hold of the Gold - Early Preview
You can’t take it with you, but you can hold onto it with both hands while you’re still alive and breathing. Nick Helm invites you to ‘Keep Hold of the Gold’ in a dazzling display of bravura, chutzpah and positive thinking.
“Rarely, if ever, has this reviewer seen an audience laugh as hysterically or long” The Scotsman
A serial misfit, Wil used to be the most started-on man in the small Wiltshire town of Chippenham until the emo kids ended his reign, leaving him cast adrift in the world of old man pubs where he started his drinking apprenticeship until a 2 am showdown with a teenage racist brought him out of retirement.... “Attitude in spades … a talented raconteur” Chortle ‘Hodgson’s strength is his ability to weave a story that engages you completely … he’s a skilful comic storyteller’ BBC Radio 7 ‘Genius’ - Russell Howard
Tudur Owen
Mwnci, Fi a Chwaer y Cwin – hanes
The Fantastic Reality of Frederick Goodge
A comedy of inertia, delusion and despair!
Time: 9.00pm, Price: £6/£5
Dychmygwch gweld eich llun ar dudalen flaen The News Of The World. Dyna yn union ddigwyddodd i Tudur Owen unwaith. Mae ei sioe gomedi newydd yn adrodd yr hanes tu ol i’r penawdau. Stori gywilyddus o dwyll, anifeiliaid rheibus ac aelod blaenllaw o’r teulu brenhinol. Cyfle i weld y sioe arbennig gafodd ei berfformio gyntaf yng ngwyl y “Fringe” Caeredin ac a ddisgrifwyd gan safle we Chortle fel “Extraordinary”.
Sunday Y Plas
Saturday Owain Glyndwr Centre Room 2
Paul Foot
Stand Up Between Songs Chortle Best Newcomer 2010 nominee brings his debut solo show to Machynlleth Comedy Festival. He will be doing Stand-up comedy between songs. According to the Edinburgh Festival publication “Three Weeks”, his songs are “surprisingly lovely”. What’s that supposed to mean? Gareth will be standing up between the songs. You don’t have to. Gareth Richards’ engaging observational comedy and inspired one-liners have made him in an instant favourite on the comedy circuit. He can be heard every Saturday morning from 8am on Frank Skinner’s Absolute Radio Show. “Gareth Richards comes across as an effortlessly assured act…exceptionally inspired and truly memorable.” Chortle
Jon Robins
Nomadic Revery Robins returns with a new hour of stories, jokes and tiny little truth-bombs. It will be lovely if ramshackle, funny if wonky, charming and cheap. As an act John represents the “new wave of storyteller” Evening Post, skilfully weaving narrative, improvisation and punchy gags into his unique, self-effacing style. John has quickly made his name as one of the most quick-witted, engaging comedians on the circuit. One of the most naturally talented comedians I’ve seen” Daily Telegraph “His charming, generous and honest company is so effortlessly entertaining” Chortle
Time: 8.50pm, Price: £5 It’s like a normal comedy club. It’s just it’s on in the afternoon. The audience are getting giddy on nothing stronger than sugar and E-numbers. And the cracking collection of comedians onstage are doing stuff without swears in it. Do come. There will be jokes, and they will be splendid.
Mark Olver is 33. His greatest achievement in life so far is giving up fried chicken for Lent. In June 2008, he managed to/tried to/completely embarrassed himself while attempting to walk from Bristol to Edinburgh. This show is the story of that walk/utter disaster.
Suitable for 5+, or anyone who can sit facing roughly the right direction for an entire hour.
Time: 2.00pm, Price: £4
Chris Boyd
Stuart Goldsmith
‘Soulmate’ is an hour of your time focusing mainly on obsession, coping with bereavement and how best to defrost a fridge freezer.
A white-knuckle, high-octane meander through the worlds of sex, circus and subculture. A glorious stand-up debut from a nice young man with no tattoos.
There’ll be some A-Level-Drama-Studies theatrics, awful geeky puns and ‘fumblecore’ storytelling at some point during the show too.
“Marries pitch-perfect audience repartee with cleverly woven tales of the everyday” Independent
Soulmate
shows Advance tickets to all om Deco, can be purchased fr and Kelvin Fabrics Ltd, Y Plas -line Jenkins as well as on
The Reasonable Man
“Inspired” Sunday Times “Every nuance carefully calculated for maximum impact” Chortle “Hilarious” Guardian “Highly recommended” Telegraph
Sunday Owain Glyndwr Centre Room 2
Gareth Richards
Festival Roundup
Ramble on
Time: 6.10pm, Price: £5
Suitable for 5+, or anyone who can sit facing roughly the right direction for an entire hour.
Time: 4.50pm, Price: £5
Perrier Award winning Wil Hodgson previews the show that he plans to take to Edinburgh this year. Your chance to get up close and personal to the comic as performs material for the show he’s currently writing, and which is still nameless. Expect more of his wonderful stories from the thriving metropolis that is Chippenham.
Mark Olver
Time: 3.20pm, Price: £4
Acclaimed comedy monologue from last year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
It’s like a normal comedy club. It’s just it’s on in the afternoon. The audience are getting giddy on nothing stronger than sugar and E-numbers. And the cracking collection of comedians onstage are doing stuff without swears in it. Do come. There will be jokes, and they will be splendid.
Time: 7.30pm, Price: £5
Time: 3.20pm, Price: £5
Time: 2.00pm, Price: £4
Comedy for Kids
Edinburgh Preview
Sunday Owain Glyndwr Centre Room 1
Sunday Owain Glyndwr Centre Room 1
Wil Hodgson
Time: 6:10pm, Price £4
Time: 4.50pm, Price: £4
Swn promotes and celebrates new music coming in and out of Wales. It means ‘Sound’ and is pronounced ‘soon’. Swn put on gigs all year round, predominantly in Wales, from their home in Cardiff where there host the annual three day Swn Festival curated by BBC Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens, which takes place each Autumn. At the SWN Festival over 150 new bands play across a dozen venues in the Welsh capital.
Acaster, Helm and Widdicombe
John-Luke Roberts
James Acaster (“I could watch him forever” Josie Long), Nick Helm (“Lively, funny, imaginative” Three Weeks) and Josh Widdicombe (Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year) have an hour of comedy for you. Can’t go wrong really, can you?
John-Luke Roberts performs light-hearted, whimsical comedy routines to distract you from the brutal, bloody murder he commits during the show.
Scrabble Sunday
Distracts You From A Murder
Work in Progress Edinburgh Preview from: Creator of forgotten BBC7 sketch show ‘Spats’! ½ of peculiar but wellreceived double act ‘The Behemoth’! Writer for Radio 4’s ‘The News Quiz’, ‘The Now Show’ and ‘Listen Against’!
At the Quarry Cafe
So, you’ve been up to your eyeballs in laughter for two days. Let’s face it, your sides need a break. And what better way to give those laughter muscles a rest than to play the greatest board game ever invented. No, not Hungry bloody Hippos. It’s Scrabble. We provide the boards, a giant dictionary with all the words in it ever, a ref to break up fights, we take photos of your favourite words and we might even find you a game partner too. The Quarry Cafe will be provide lovely home made food and as much tea as you can sup. We’ll be there from 12pm - 7pm on Sunday. All you need to do is bring your brain. And your hands. You’ll need hands. Be there AND be square.
Tickled Pink
Josie Long’s Tour Support!
Helen Arney
Songs For Modern Loving Helen Arney’s debut hour of songs and stand-up takes you through the highs, lows and heartbreaks of trying to find love in unlikely corners of the 21st century. If Juliet were alive today, would she still choose secret trysts and double suicide over a fixed-rate mortgage and awkward Christmas dinners with Romeo’s parents? And would she spend an April weekend in Powys singing songs about it on the ukulele?
Time: 8.50pm, Price: £5
Time: 7.30pm, Price: £4
Highly unusual characters will be popping up and exploring the streets of Mach courtesy of the Cardiff based company. Keep an eye out for amusing manoeuvres from giant sized Ladybirds
Street Performance, Pete Dobbing and George Orange Sat 1:30 2:30 5:00, Sun 1:00 2:00 5:00
The Waen Brewery
Storytellers’ Club Join your host and narrator Sarah Bennetto, with a swathe of clever Mach Festival comedians telling stories around a fake log fireplace. Plus, there’ll be short-story prizes. Storytellers’ Club: you show, we tell.
Climbing an unsupported, 10ft ladder, Pete Dobbing has an uncanny ability to remain upright, teetering in the air. Playing with knives whilst balancing at the top is dangerous enough…but to do it all wearing a kilt redefines the term ‘personal risk’. Pete Dobbing will be alternating with international street performer and circus artist George Orange on Saturday and Sunday afternoons opposite Y Plas.
The Waen Brewery are proud to support Machynlleth Comecy Festival Local business the Waen Brewery are also supporting the festival, providing a real ale and cider bar at the Owain Glyndwr site, as well as brewing a special festival ale! Look out for the upcoming competition to name it!
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Food Fareground – based near Shrewsbury & serving the Welsh Marches and Mid Wales.We prepare and supply a range of the finest artisan foods made by ourselves and other small producers. At Machomedyfest we will be bringing an eclectic selection of olives & antipasti, sourdough bread, oatcakes and pikelets – Wales meets the Med ! The Cafe in Y PLas - Bwyty ‘r Plas - will be doing bar type meals during the evenings of 23rd, 24th and 25th of April. The meals will be traditonal pub type meals ie: scampi and chips, pie and chips, chicken and chips etc. They will also be open during the days for light lunches.
Extra Fun Around the Town
Sunday Owain Glyndwr Centre Room 2
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Free Wine!
Thanks
Take a festival ticket to Deco on Hoel Maengwyn and receive a complimentary glass of wine (while stocks last)
We’d like to thank the funders listed below and Annie Grundy for her support, all our wonderful volunteer team for all their help, Geoff from Roustabout, all the residents and shopkeepers/landlords of Machynlleth who have supported the festival, Rhod Gilbert for his continued support for the development of Welsh comedy, all the performers and artists that agreed to play the festival in its first year, and the venues for being so flexible to what we want to create. The Waen Brewery, Fareground and the Powys Lottery.
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